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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 29, 20154 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2015, 4:57 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 2015, 4:57 AM CDT (09:57 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2015, 5:45 AM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Aransas County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX, San Patricio County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 13 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2015-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2420 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2015-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2420 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
985 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.3
Supercell composite
-2.3

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 29, 2:43 AM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 2:43 AM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
243 AM CDT FRI MAY 29 2015

.DISCUSSION...UPDATED ZONES AND PUBLIC PACKAGE TO EXTEND SVR BOX
TIL 5 AM. PRODUCTS ARE OUT.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 130 AM CDT FRI MAY 29 2015/

DISCUSSION...THIS WILL SHORT AND OUT THE DOOR SO OFFICE CAN WORK
ON ON-GOING CONVECTION. SMALLER SCALE MODELS...ESPECIALLY NSSL 4
KM SHOWS THIS SYSTEM MAKING IT TO THE COAST AROUND 12Z...SO HAVE
KICKED POPS UP FOR THE EASTERN AREAS THIS MORNING. MAY NOT SEE A
LOT OF ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON AS USUAL WHEN CONVECTION THIS
ORGANIZED BLOWS THROUGH WE ARE STABLE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.
THUS...AM GOING TO GO VERY LITTLE ON RAIN THE AFTERNOON (20 TO 30
AT MOST) AS THE ATMOSPHERE WILL TAKE TIME TO RELOAD. AFTER THAT...
THINKING REMAINS THE SAME. FRONT WILL BRING ANOTHER SHOT OF RAIN
MAINLY SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. THEN WE SHOULD SEE A DRYING
TREND BUT WILL STILL MENTION AT LEAST SLIGHT CHANCE POPS TUESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY. THINK NO RAIN IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY SINCE A CUT
OFF LOW WILL BE NEAR THE NORTHERN GULF COAST BUT FOR NOW WILL GO
WITH THE SUPERBLEND BUT ONLY SLIGHT CHANCE POPS. LATER SHIFTS CAN
ADJUST. COOLER ON SUNDAY THEN A BIT OF A WARMING TREND EARLY IN
THE WEEK. NO MODIFICATIONS TO SUPERBLEND DAYS 4-8 CONCERNING
TEMPERATURES...PLENTY OF TIME TO ADJUST THOSE VALUES A DEGREE OR
TWO DOWN THE ROAD.

MARINE...WITH PASSING OF CONVECTIVE LINE...WINDS FOR A TIME WILL
BE NORTHWEST...THEN SHIFT BACK TO THE SOUTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON.
RAIN CHANCES DIMINISH IN THE AFTERNOON AS SHOULD SEE STABLE
AIRMASS. WINDS SHOULD STAY BELOW SCA FOR THE PERIOD.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CORPUS CHRISTI    86  75  88  71  84  /  50  10  30  50  50
VICTORIA          86  72  86  69  83  /  60  10  50  50  50
LAREDO            92  75  91  71  88  /  10  20  30  40  40
ALICE             88  74  90  71  86  /  30  10  30  50  50
ROCKPORT          86  77  87  72  84  /  60  10  30  50  50
COTULLA           89  73  89  70  86  /  10  20  40  50  40
KINGSVILLE        87  74  89  71  86  /  40  10  30  50  50
NAVY CORPUS       84  77  86  74  83  /  60  10  30  40  50

&&

.CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
GM...NONE.

&&

GW/86...SYNOPTIC
TE/81...MESO/AVIATION
TB/78...DECISION SUPPORT
Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 10:26 PM CDT, 6 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1026 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-300330-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR-
COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT
20 NM-WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL FROM 20 TO
60 NM-LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
1026 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE
TEXAS COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT FOR
WEBB...LA SALLE AND MCMULLEN COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS
THE NORTHWESTERN RIO GRANDE PLAINS TONIGHT. A FEW STORMS MAY BE
STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY
THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY...WITH THE BETTER CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION ON FRIDAY AND
SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME VERY ISOLATED BY WEDNESDAY. AT
THIS TIME...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON
FRIDAY...WITH AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM OR TWO MAINLY OVER NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE
ON SATURDAY. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD...THE PREDICTABILITY OF
ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS IS TOO LOW AT THIS TIME...ALTHOUGH A
FEW STRONG STORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

TE

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 1:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPLa Salle, Live Oak, McMullen53 min
May 29, 1:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle, McMullen56 min
May 29, 2:12 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPLa Salle, McMullen3 hr
May 29, 2:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPBee, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, Webb57 min
May 29, 2:54 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPDuval, Live Oak, McMullen, Webb3 hr
May 29, 2:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPBee, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells, Live Oak, McMullen and 3 more63 min
May 29, 3:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, McMullen52 min
May 29, 3:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPWebb3 hr
May 29, 3:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, Webb54 min
May 29, 3:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPAransas, Bee, Calhoun, Goliad, Jim Wells, Kleberg and 5 more66 min
May 29, 3:47 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPBee, Duval, Live Oak, Webb3 hr
May 29, 3:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPDuval23 min
May 29, 4:02 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP118 min
May 29, 4:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPDuval29 min
May 29, 4:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPAransas, Calhoun, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio and 2 more63 min
May 29, 4:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPDuval, Webb22 min
May 29, 5:01 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPAransas, Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio and 1 more3 hr
May 29, 5:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPAransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces34 min
May 29, 5:46 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP119 min
May 29, 7:46 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP44 min
May 29, 3:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchCRPAransas, Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells and 9 more36 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.